Module: Practice Module 4a(Mental Health)

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	Practice Module 4a(Mental Health)
Module Code	NUR1083 (ITS: NS4049)
Faculty	Science & Health	School	Nursing, PsyT & Comm Health
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5

Description

This module will foster knowledge; skills and attitudes for care delivery in both general mental health and specialist nursing practice settings. At this level the undergraduate nursing student will be expected to competently apply a systematic approach to the provision of person-centred practice. The student must demonstrate evidence based practice and critical thinking. S/he must be capable of supporting the person and their primary carers and to work collaboratively with professional colleagues within the clinical environment. The competent practitioner possesses many attributes including practical and technical skills, communication and interpersonal skills, organisational and managerial skills and the ability to perform as part of the healthcare team, demonstrating a professional attitude, accepting responsibility and being accountable for one’s own practice.

Learning Outcomes

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2. Demonstrate, in clinical practice, the virtues of caring, compassion, integrity, honesty, respect and empathy as a basis for upholding the professional values of nursing and identity as a nurse.
3.
4. 22,20,7,6,23,8,19,21,11,9,10
5. 1
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7. Use a systematic and problem-solving approach to develop and deliver a person-centred plan of care, based on an explicit partnership with the person and his/her primary carer.
8.
9. 22,20,7,6,23,8,19,21,11,9,10
10. 2
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12. Demonstrate the application, in practice, of knowledge and understanding of the health continuum, life and behavioural sciences and the relevant applied principles that underpin a competent knowledge base for nursing and healthcare practice.
13.
14. 7,6,8,11,9,10
15. 3
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17. Continue to develop professional scholarship through self-directed learning skills, critical questioning/reasoning skills and decision-making skills in nursing as the foundation for lifelong professional education, maintaining competency and career development.
18.
19. 22,20,7,6,23,8,19,21,11,9,10
20. 4
21. 1E380950-7FBF-0001-FB4F-1DC817F7E450
22. Demonstrate effective interpersonal relationships with people and other professionals in healthcare settings using empathic communication skills and techniques.
23.
24. 7,6,8,11,9,10
25. 5
26. 1E380950-9D78-0001-7FDC-1130270014E1
27. Continue to develop professional scholarship through self-directed learning skills, critical questioning/reasoning skills and decision-making skills in nursing as the foundation for lifelong professional education, maintaining competency and career development.
28.
29. 22,20,7,6,23,8,19,21,11,9,10
30. 6

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full time hours per semester
Clinical placement	280	No Description
Total Workload: 280

Section Breakdown
CRN	11276	Part of Term	Semester 1
Coursework	100%	Examination Weight	0%
Grade Scale	PLACEMENT	Pass Both Elements	N
Resit Category	RC1	Best Mark	N
Module Co-ordinator	Denise Proudfoot	Module Teacher	Siobhan Russell

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Professional Practice	Following Agreement at the STM 2023/2024. This module is no longer being assessed as a CA but as a Pass/Fail module in line with the NMBI National Competency Assessment Document.	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; RC1: A resit is available for both^* components of the module. RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module. RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element. ^* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

n/a

Indicative Reading List

Books:

Ian Norman,Iain Ryrie: 2018, The Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing, Open University Press, 0, 9780335226900
David Healy: 2022, Psychiatric Drugs Explained, 7th,

Articles:

Mental Health Commission: 2019, The Physical health of people with Severe mental illness,

Other Resources

None